 | William Hone - Almanacs, English - 1832 - 852 pages
...nil armed : a certain aim he took, At a fair vestal, throned by the weet, And loosed his lovcshaft smartly from his bow, As it should pierce a hundred...hearts : But I might see young Cupid's fiery shaft Quenched in the chaste beams of the watery moon, And the imperial votrcss passed on, In maiden meditation,... | |
 | Pierce Egan - Amusements - 1832 - 426 pages
...Inoa'd his love-shaft smartly from his bow, As it should pierce a hundred thousand heactfl ; But 1 might see young Cupid's fiery shaft Quench'd in the...chaste beams of the wat'ry moon ; And the imperial vot're?s passed on, In maiden meditation, fancy free. Yet mark'd I where the bolt of Cupid fell ; It... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1833 - 1140 pages
...moon and the earth, Cupid all arm'd: a certain aim he took At a fair vestal, throned by the west:27) fancy-free: 28) Yet mark'd I where the bolt of Cupid fell: It fell upon a little western flower, —... | |
 | John Read (maker to the army.) - 1833 - 814 pages
...armed : a certain aim he took At a fair vestal, throned by the west, And loosed his loveshaft smartlv from his bow As it should pierce a hundred thousand...Cupid's fiery shaft Quench'd in the chaste beams of the watery moon, And the imperial maiden passed on, hi maiden meditation, fancy free. Yet mark'd I where... | |
 | Frederic Shoberl - Flower language - 1835 - 406 pages
...the earth, Cupid all arm'd ; a certain aim he took At n fair vestal throned in the West, Aud loosed his love-shaft smartly from his bow. As it should...hearts. But I might see young Cupid's fiery shaft Quench' d in the chaste beams of the wat'ry moon : And the imperial vot'ress passed on In maiden meditation,... | |
 | Theocritus - English poetry - 1836 - 450 pages
...MM 398 NOTICE OF BION. Cupid all armed. A certain aim he took At a fair vestal throned by the west; And loos'd his love-shaft smartly from his bow, As...imperial vot'ress passed on, In maiden meditation, fancy-free. Yet mark'd I where the bolt of Cupid fell : It fell upon a little western flower, Before... | |
 | Englishmen - 1836 - 246 pages
...moon and the earth, Cupid all arm'd : a certain aim he took At a fair vestal throned by the west ; And loos'd his love-shaft smartly from his bow, As...imperial vot'ress passed on, In maiden meditation, fancy free." With such patronage, and such skill to avail himself of it, it is not matter of surprise... | |
 | Theocritus (of Syracuse) - 1836 - 436 pages
...certain aim he took At a fair vestal throned by the west; And loos'd his love-shaft smartly from bis bow, As it should pierce a hundred thousand hearts...wat'ry moon ; And the imperial vot'ress passed on, In mniilen meditation, fancy-free. Vet mark'd I where the bolt of Cupid fell : It fell upon a little western... | |
 | 1837 - 276 pages
...Cupid all armed: a certain aim he took At a fair vestal, throned by the west, And loosed his lovesbaft smartly from his bow As it should pierce a hundred...Cupid's fiery shaft Quench'd in the chaste beams of the watery moon, And the imperial maiden passed on, In maiden meditation, fancy free. Yet mark'd I where... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1836 - 554 pages
...the earth, Cupid all armed. A certain aim he took At a fair vestal,1 throned by the west ; And loosed his love-shaft smartly from his bow, As it should...hearts ; But I might see young Cupid's fiery shaft Quenched in the chaste beams of the watery moon ; And the imperial vot'ress passed on, In maiden meditation,... | |
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That very time I saw, (but thou could'st not,) Flying between the cold moon and the earth, Cupid all arm'd : a certain aim he took At a fair vestal, throned by the west ; And... 
